Software Engineer

I've been developing software for over 10 years —
in a variety of languages for lots of people,
including as VP of Engineering for an seed-stage start-up and engineering team lead for new product.
I'm currently leading the Chicago office of thoughtbot — building an amazing team while still solving people's problems and writing code!

And I change my hair. A lot.

What I'm proud of

While I try to be proud of (and pragmatic about) the code I write everyday, these are few things that stand out.

Write/Speak/Code

I founded and co-organized this action-oriented, 3 day conference for women developers. One day was spent learning to become thought leaders, conference speakers, and open source contributors. Find out more at writespeakcode.com

Mentorship

From collegues to interns, I take pride is seeing people around me become better developers, more active in the community and better people. I've managed interns and junior developers professionally and have taken on apprentices in my spare time through DevChix. Contact me if you're interested.

Giving back

One of the things I most love about being a developer is that I get to be a part of a community dedicated to learning and improvement. In my own small ways, I try to give back: from co-organizing GORUCO to speaking at RailsConf to publishing gems.